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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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